Women to Shape World Trade Says Chicago Leader
Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould, president of the Woman's Chamber of Commerce of Chicago, argues that women will guide global trade as they control most household purchases. She cites experience, cultural insight, and consumer power, urging Americans to study foreign markets and the needs of women abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Woman's Chamber of Commerce of
Chicago
Mrs. Gould
America
Turkey
England
Dean's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Claims
Bath resident Frank H. Beal motorman at 288 Center Street says kidney trouble and backache plagued him until using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports relief after two or three days and half a box, with the product priced at 60 cents at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co. promotes the remedy from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank H. Beal
Center Street
Dean
Webber's
Mr. Beal
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Thuffalo
Ady
N. Y
Father and Son Surprise Bankers at Liberty Bond Purchase
In Bath a father and his son, drenched by a midnight rainstorm, arrive at Bath Savings Institution to buy Liberty bonds. The elder asks for 150 dollars and the son 50, both pleased to support Uncle Sam as the storm rages outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
West Bath
Father
Uncle Sam
Hearing Sets Liability in Washington Street Crossing Crash
Officials from the L A W St Ry and the Maine Central railroad met in Maine Central agent L Eugene Thebeau's office to determine liability for a May 10 collision at the Washington street crossing when trolley car 106 struck the gate. H R Withee assistant superintendent led the Maine Central side with trolley witnesses including Frank Beal William E Harriman Henry West Frank Erskine and Conductor Paine. No decision was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
L. Eugene Thebeau
Maine Central
Washington Street
H. R. Withee
Frank Beal
William E. Harriman
Henry West
Frank Erskine
Paine
Rehearsals Start Under Lester McCloy Direction
Rehearsals begin Monday under professional director Lester McCloy. The chorus singing Monday evening pleased him, regarded as one of the best first night rehearsals in his experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester McCloy
McCloy
Canvass for Electric Service Reaches Winnegance Side
Representatives of the Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co. canvass the Winnegance Phippsburg side for service and have secured enough contracts to extend lines across the bridge. Many families in that section will soon receive current as the project proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath & Brunswick Light & Power Co
Winnegance
Phippsburg
Bridge Hall
Charles Hewitt
Charles 3d
Quincy
Mass
Clarence M. Fogg
Corliss Street Church
Seymour Hayden
Lewiston
Winfield Pease
Burnham
Winfield Groves
Fred Dwyer
The
People's Church
Ladies Aid
W. W. Morse
Clarence Blaisdell
Bath
Charles Talbot
Charles A. Hunt
James DB. Morse
John Schofield
Stinson
Marshall Street
Charles H. Stinson
Edgar Williams
Edgar
Harry Oliver
Portland
William Murphy
Wilmot Street
Eugene Spinney
John Oliver
Winneganee
Parker Morse
Joel Dobbin
Abbie E. Burgess
Charles Stinson
Bridgehall
Randall Coombs
Percy Jackson
Lynn
Herbert Pattengill
Order of Red Men
Earl Morse
Zina Eaton
Walter Rogers
I. S. Coombs
Fred Coombs
Stemen
New York
Scott Morse
Rankin Foss wed at Grace Church rectory in Bath
Leslie V Rankin civil engineer and Ida K Foss of Auburn married Saturday night by Reverend Curbett McGay at Grace church rectory. Groom son of Freeman and Mrs Rankin of Wells. bride daughter of William and Mrs Foss of Auburn. Maine seeks clearer sweet corn profitability data via University of Maine extension and county agents with cost records kept by growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie V. Rankin
Bath
Ida KE. Foss
Auburn
Curbett MccGay
Grace Church
Freeman E. Rankin
Wells
William P. Foss
Maine
M. D. Jones
University of Maine Extension Service
New Feldspar Mill Under Construction at South End
The J W Cummings Feldspar Co erects a large pulverizing plant at the South end near Fendleton's shipyard. Completion aimed for mid July. Facility includes 34 by 184 feet buildings, 250 hp engine, two existing crushers, and expanded capacity to 50 workers. Plans call for feldspar sand and rock for cement, with annual feldspar output around 15,000 tons for pottery factories in Trenton New Jersey and East Liverpool Ohio, plus shipments to Massachusetts. Transportation via water or land, river quarries at Georgetown ten miles downriver, and a branch street railway line doubles transport options. Potential pottery factory extension noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Maine
Fendleton
Georgetown
Trenton
N. J
East Liverpool
Ohio
Massachusetts
Washington Street
Bath
Cummings
Hallen Turns Journalist After Notable Legal Career
James D. Hallen, once involved in a Cumberland County forgery trial and later acquitted, has taken a journalism role in Kennebunk. He writes editorials for the Kennebunk Enterprise, contributes a weekly column translating French works, and features Maeterlinck passages, while residing at Mrs. McLellan's summer hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Hallen
Bath
Columbia Theatre
Superior Court
Cumberland County
Hallen
McLellan
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Enterprise
Annie Joyce Crediford
Mr. Hallen
Auto Sideswiped Collision Near Cook's Corner
Two cars traveling from the city toward Brunswick collided about a mile east of Cook's Corner. An Oldsmobile owned by A Perkus of The Texas Steamship Co. and residing in Lewiston overtook and tried to pass a Ford driven by O J Chase of Topsham. The impact smashed the Ford’s side, bent the axle, shattered the windshield, and tore off a telegraph pole segment. Four or five people in the Ford were shaken and cut by flying glass. the Oldsmobile sustained no major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Cook's Corner
A. Perkus
Texas Steamship Co
Lewiston
Ford
O. J. Chase
Topsham
Oldsmobile
Mrs Alice Farrar Sylvia Dies After Long Illness
Bath friends mourn the death of Mrs. Alice Farrar Sylvia 57 formerly of Bath widow of George Sylvia. She died in Portland May 6 after a long illness leaving one daughter Mrs Frank Knowlton of Detroit and five sisters including Mrs G S Record of Lancaster and Mrs W M Boothby of Portland.
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Bath
Alice Farrar
Sylvia
George
Vortland
Frank Knowlton
Detroit
Record
Lancaster
Mass
W. M. Boothby
W.T. Bradford
Portland
Sherifan Tabor
Gordon Preble
Laura Jarvis-Cain and Harry Carvell wed in Augusta
Laura E Jarvis Cain of Augusta married Harry C Carvell in Augusta on May 12 in a ceremony led by Rev William R Wood. The bride is daughter of Fredericton residents Matthew and Mrs Jarvis. the groom son of Shudale Carvell of St John NB. He works with the Floto circus, which opens in Boston and will tour New England the week of May 26.
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Laura E. Jarvis-Cain
Augusta
Harry Clayton Carvell
William R. Wood
Matthew Jarvis
Fredericton
Shudale
Carvell
St. John
N. B
Bath
Floto Circus
Boston
Tt Ia
New England
Memorial Day Plans by Bath Committees in Month
Committees organized for Bath Memorial Day activities. Merchants on Center and Front streets agreed to decorate, with residential areas later invited. Registration sites for medal recipients will be announced. Morse and Winslow high schools plan to join the parade, with two Bath bands engaged for parade and evening events. The parade routes from the G A R hall through Front Linden Washington North ceremonies, ending near the park for medal presentations by Governor Milliken. A smoker at the Arcade on May 21 will organize leaders for the day. Evening exercises feature Rev E Hilton Dost at Winter Street Church with a large chorus and organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Henry R. White
W. R. Kingsbury
Andrew
Merrill
Morse
Committee On Automobiles
Red Cross, Motor Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Front Street
Linden
Washington
Lincoln Street
Soldiers Monument
Center
Front
Summer
Washngton
Carl F. Milliken
Winter Street Church
E. Hilton Dost
Explosion at Presque Isle Church Destroys Interior
A Sunday explanation locates the blast scene at the Presque Isle Methodist Church where a dynamite charge tore the piano to pieces and caused extensive interior damage. No motive or suspect was found after the incident on Thursday night leaving investigators with no clear motive.
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Presque Isle
Perkins Writes of Coblenz Life
Mrs J F Perkins of Vinestreet Bath receives a letter from son Mech R Perkins in Coblenz Germany. He details regiment movements from Portland Maine Central repair shops to Brunswick Westfield and Charlotte before overseas in September 1918. He notes crowded dorms, hard beds, limited privacy, and longing for home while describing garden care, food scarcity, and wartime hardships in a foreign post.
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J. F. Perkins
Vinestreet
Bath
Mech. R. &. Perkins
Coblenz
Germany
Mech. Perkins
Milliken Regiment
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Brunswick
Westfield
Mass
Charlotte
N. C
Spartanburg
S. C
Unclear fragment hints at return of fellows from abroad
Fragmentary remark notes fellows having traveled away and likely returned home or to France, indicating a period of relocation or withdrawal. The sentence captures a personal reflection with no further context on persons, dates, or events.
Wesley Epworth League Supper and Election
At the Wesley church Epworth league annual meeting the men hosted a supper after losing a contest to the women. About 50 attended and heard remarks from Herbert I. Hopkins Horatio A. Duncan and Alonzo A. Morse. Officers elected included President Mrs Arthur Eb Baum 1st vice Louise Childs 2nd vice Sarah Black 3rd vice Ida Pierce 4th vice Ena Ducknam Secretary Lile Cahill Treasurer Mrs Andrew Butterfield and pianists Alice Corliss Evelyn Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church Epworth League
Herbert I. Hopkins
Horatio A. Duncan
Alonzo A. Morse
Arthur Eb. Baum
Louise Childs
Sarah Black
Ida Pierce
Ena Ducknam
Lile Cahill
Andrew Butterfield
Alice Corliss
Evelyn Oliver
Piper and Moore Wedding in Waldoboro
Miss Mabelle Moore of Bath married Dewey F. Piper in Waldoboro by Rev. L. W. West. Guests included Helen McCall of Beverly and W. A. Piper and G. W. Piper of Bath. The couple will reside in Bath where Piper works at Bath Iron Works.
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Mabelle Moore
Bath
Dewey F. Piper
Waldoboro
L. W. West
W. A
Mary E. Piper
Fred G. Moore
Helen McCall
Beverly
Mass
W. A. Piper
G. W. Piper
Farmman sells hay loaded on cars for river shipment
One man with a Tower Kennebec farm who once stored about 35 tons of hay in his barn recently sold it at 27 dollars a ton on the cars. He baled the hay and shipped it by water to Tart and Ter e, loading it again on the cars.
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Kennebec
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Opera House
Alice Brady
William Farnum
Man Hunter
Liberty Theatre
Photoplay
Vivian Martin
Marguerite Clark
Mae Murray
the Scarlet Shadow
Viola Dana
Orient
Afghanistan
Pershia
Mexico
David Lloyd George
Britain
Wales
Margaret Owen
Mynyddednyfed
Criccieth
Richard Lloyd George
Reading Mission
Esther Jolly
South Range
Minn
Electric
Rankin—Foss
House
Potteries
John J. Desmond
Lisle Union
Conley’s Specialty Store
Perkins
Coblenz Life
France
Wesley Epworth League
Piper—Moore
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